A Greenwich luxury car dealership is revving up plans to open a Maserati dealership on Post Road East in Westport. Miller Motorcars operates its flagship dealership on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich. Its Maserati fleet includes the popular GranTurismo convertible, shown above, which carries a price tag of about $150,000. less

A Greenwich luxury car dealership is revving up plans to open a Maserati dealership on Post Road East in Westport. Miller Motorcars operates its flagship dealership on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich. Its ... more

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This property at 1026 Post Road East, former site of a J. McLaughlin clothing store, is proposed as the site of a Maserati dealership by Miller Motorcars. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 4/11/13

This property at 1026 Post Road East, former site of a J. McLaughlin clothing store, is proposed as the site of a Maserati dealership by Miller Motorcars. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 4/11/13

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A Greenwich luxury car dealership is revving up plans to open a Maserati dealership on Post Road East in Westport.

"I love the location, and I like the town," Richard Koppelman, the president of Miller Motorcars, said. "We think Westport gives us the opportunity to hit the other side of Fairfield County. I think people there would like to have the opportunity to drive a really beautiful, unique car."

Miller Motorcars filed an application Tuesday with the Architectural Review Board, which outlined its plans for 1026 Post Road East, the former site of a J. McLaughlin clothing store.

The planned dealership would occupy about 5,000 square feet and sell a full range of Maseratis, according to Koppelman. Miller Motorcars would like to open there "as soon as possible," he added.

Miller Motorcars operates its flagship dealership on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, with its lineup including Maseratis, Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Aston Martins, Bugattis and McClarens. Its Maserati fleet includes the popular GranTurismo convertible, which carries a price tag of about $150,000.

Miller Motorcars also runs a service center in Stamford.

To accommodate a dealership on Post Road East, Miller Motorcars would renovate the ground floor and raise the roof of the building's back service bays. The roof-raising would require a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals because the service bays stand in the property's setbacks, constituting a pre-existing, nonconforming use.

If opened, a new Miller Motorcars dealership would join several other vehicle retailers in Westport. Volvo, Honda, Lexus, Toyota and Dragone Classic Motorcars all operate showrooms on Post Road East.

The 1026 Post Road property has been vacant since J. McLaughlin closed in July 2012. The clothier opened there in November 2010, but struggled with a storefront more than three times the size of most of its other showrooms.